The president-elect of the Christian Coalition of America has declined the job, saying the organization wouldn’t let him expand its agenda beyond opposing abortion and gay marriage. He wanted to fight poverty and work on the environment, but they didn’t w

Britain said Monday it expects to withdraw thousands of its 7,000 military personnel from
Iraq by the end of next year, while Poland and Italy announced the impending withdrawal of their remaining troops.

“Micronations are those “countries” founded by lovable crackpots who declare some chunk of dirt to be sovereign territory and create a flag, currency, royal line of succession, and all the pompous trappings of nationhood.”